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. >> what role does religion play? it seems to be important in who is going to have children and who is not, but it's in the sense of belief that in attendance the church services or other participation. can you talk about that a little bit? >> it is a fascinating subject because it has changed. if you go back and look at the national statistics report the demographers back then looked at the catholics and protestants and as it happens. over the years conflict fertility increase and demographers said this was the end of catholic fertility. they were no longer special but instead something much more interesting happened. it no longer mattered what your actual belief was to the matter if you were jewish or more men are catholic or protestant. all the matter is how often you attended your services and so there's a straight line between the increased fertility etc. so if you go once every two months your fertility is higher than if you go not at all and if you go once a month it is higher still. if you go once a week it is
. >> what role does religion play? it seems to be important in who is going to have children and who is not, but it's in the sense of belief that in attendance the church services or other participation. can you talk about that a little bit? >> it is a fascinating subject because it has changed. if you go back and look at the national statistics report the demographers back then looked at the catholics and protestants and as it happens. over the years conflict fertility increase and...
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deeper life experience-what i call world views, that really shape our more specific beliefs both in religion and in politics. so, i'm not going to do too much of this but i want to show you one of the charts. i don't try in this back to make an elaborate case for everything i say. i try paint a blood landscape why the population and congress is for alreadyized and why that it that leads to congressional gridlock. let me do this first. this chart has been called sort of the essential chart for understanding the consequences that our budget conundrum. it shows in may 2011 -- doesn't by the senate for budget policies and priorities based on cbo numbers. this shows the parts of the annual deficits that are due to the wars in iraq and afghanistan, and the bush era tax cuts, recovery measures -- that means primarily the bush stimulus and the obama stimulus programs -- t.a.r.p., fannie and freddie, and the economic downturn. in the book these -- this isn't in color but you can make it out. you sook see from where we are today in 2013, at the time this was put together, the single biggest factor in
deeper life experience-what i call world views, that really shape our more specific beliefs both in religion and in politics. so, i'm not going to do too much of this but i want to show you one of the charts. i don't try in this back to make an elaborate case for everything i say. i try paint a blood landscape why the population and congress is for alreadyized and why that it that leads to congressional gridlock. let me do this first. this chart has been called sort of the essential chart for...
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i have spent some time with is a lot of the recent research about how we think or don't think about religion and politics and how so many of the views that we believe, all of us, carefully reasoned and fought out, grounded in some deeper attitudes and deeper values and deeper life experiences, what i call world use that really shape or more specific beliefs, both in religion and in politics. so, not going to do too much of this, but i want to show you one of the charts. i don't try in this book to make an elaborate case where every single thing that i say, what i am trying to do is paint a broad landscape of what is wrong with in this country the walleye the population and congress's polarized and why that leads to congressional gridlock. let me do this first. this chart has been called the essentials chart for understanding, you know, the consequences that our budget conundrum are causing. what it shows is as of may 2011, this is done by the center for budget policy and priority based on cbo numbers. this shows the price of the annual deficit due to the board -- wars, the bush-era tax cuts
i have spent some time with is a lot of the recent research about how we think or don't think about religion and politics and how so many of the views that we believe, all of us, carefully reasoned and fought out, grounded in some deeper attitudes and deeper values and deeper life experiences, what i call world use that really shape or more specific beliefs, both in religion and in politics. so, not going to do too much of this, but i want to show you one of the charts. i don't try in this book...
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i didn't fight for any type of religion, christian, muslim, any of them. i fought for americans. we all need to understand that and realize that and pull together and ensure that we all live on the greatest place on earth. i had an opportunity to speak and share this with people just like you who would listen to me. i have used this platform to go out and make a difference. maybe you look at me now and say, well, what can you say this? what do you know? you are 24 years old. well, yesterday i gave out my first scholarship and it has been the greatest thing that i have done. i called up margaret davis last year. i wanted to go out and make a difference. i called her up and said, what can i do to make a difference? i want to educate kids and help them. i want to still be what i can for the marines. how much money do you think you can raise? well, whatever sounds good. a million dollars. she said, okay, we will give you about a year to raise that. just knowing that i would do whatever it took, raising $1.2 million within four months, and i gave out my first scholarship yesterday. i'
i didn't fight for any type of religion, christian, muslim, any of them. i fought for americans. we all need to understand that and realize that and pull together and ensure that we all live on the greatest place on earth. i had an opportunity to speak and share this with people just like you who would listen to me. i have used this platform to go out and make a difference. maybe you look at me now and say, well, what can you say this? what do you know? you are 24 years old. well, yesterday i...